My wife and me waited with real anticipation for this cruise, after all, the Italian's have style and the food is excellent.
The journey from home to Gatwick was good, as was the check-in and the flight with EasyJet. The flight was quick and arrived early. the luggage arrived quickly and we jumped into a cab and went to the port. €30 to €35 will cover it.
We pre-registered ourselves on the MSC website, which enabled us to byepass the queue at the port - this is a must! We got onto the ship with the usual photos.